Win a Cookbook

In our series, “Win a Cookbook,” we give you a preview of a cookbook we love, then let you vote for the recipe you most want us to reveal. By voting, you enter to win a free copy of the cookbook. See official rules.

When Elizabeth David published her first cookbook, Mediterranean Food, it was 1951 and she had recently returned to post-WWII Britain from the Mediterranean. On her mind: pasta and fresh herbs. On England’s grocers’ shelves: butter and canned goods. Sixty years later, Britain’s culinary landscape has changed. The variety of ingredients, the freshness of produce, the inventiveness of home cooks–all are vastly improved, and there’s no doubt David was a catalyst for much of the change. To celebrate the anniversary of that first book (many others followed) and to pay homage to David, who passed in 1992, the new At Elizabeth David’s Table has been published with a preface by Ruth Reichl.

Its recipes cover all the bases: starters, soups, meat, fish, pasta, bread, sweets. The new and improved photos are mouthwatering. And interspersed throughout the book are David’s delightful essays from Vogue and the Spectator. There’s one on her dream kitchen, one on how to use wine in dishes, and, very much in the BA spirit, one on cooking “Fast and Fresh.”

Now you decide, which recipe from At Elizabeth David’s Table should we reveal?

WIN IT!

In the comments section, vote for the photo you like best from At Elizabeth David’s Table and you could win a free copy of the book! Just type in the name of your favorite photo below (for example, “Provencal Leeks”), and you not only vote for which recipe we reveal, but you also automatically enter to win a copy of At Elizabeth David’s Table. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Click here for full rules.

The contest ends at 11:59 PM June 24, 2011, when all entries/comments must be received. When we reveal the three cookbook winners, we will also reveal the winning recipe.

#1 Pork and Spinach Terrine

#2 Mussel Soup

#3 Provencal Leeks

Reprinted with permission from At Elizabeth David’s Table by Elizabeth David, copyright 2011. Published by Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers. Photographs by David Loftus.